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Director’s Call to Convention:

State Convention is days away, and anticipation is high as students dream of winning a state CDE, scholarship, proficiency award, agriscience area, meeting new and old friends, or earning a state FFA office.  Enhance!  FFA members will speak, compete, do, serve, grow, and proudly own what they do in the blue jacket. Members from 84 chapters becoming leaders and owning their actions!  We hope you can join in the excitement.  Check out the schedule: pdf, join us, watch live streaming of convention sessions, thanks to the McCook Central FFA Chapter –

• Sunday, April 23, 7-9: Session 1: http://thecube.com/e/724301
  
• Monday, April 24, 7-10pm:  http://thecube.com/e/724302
  
• Tuesday, April 25, 8-11:30am: http://thecube.com/e/724304 

Gerri Ann Eide, Executive Director, SD FFA Foundation, Inc.

**** The SD FFA Association has a new website!  Check it out – it’s a work in progress at http://www.sdaged.org/ ****

How can FFA members do it? With YOU helping them TRANSFORM as leaders, putting purpose into action!

Convention would not happen without all the generous sponsors and volunteers to give of their time and finances.  THANK YOU to each sponsor for making the awards, scholarships, state degrees & banquet, workshops, career carnival, speakers, new officer jackets/ties/COD, career development events, service project and general convention possible.  It takes nearly $70,000 to make it all happen.

Payton Antoine, Winner FFA Senior says, “FFA made me a better person, a better leader and a better friend.  I learned there’s no growth in my comfort zone and no comfort in my growth zone. The biggest thing I will take away from my FFA experience is learning how to lead and help others, not just myself, become better. Thanks to the sponsors who made all of my FFA experiences possible!” You are greatly appreciated!